I ended up working four days last week, with only Wednesday off.  One more week and the new fiscal year will start and I'll be back to working 20 hours a week.  We are suddenly real busy, so I chose to work Friday to kind of catch up.  These two-day weekends are really short!!

Sadly

The echoes of history

Resound with the memories

Of those lost

At the point of a gun

By a crazed gunman

Assault rifle blazing

Sadly,

No one seems to be listening.

Children killed in their classroom

Movie goers slaughtered in their seats

Church folks butchered in their pews

Abortion clinic shot to hell

LGBT young adults massacred in a club

Sadly,

No one seems to feel a thing.

Breaking News – bullets flying!!

Wolfe Blitzer on the story

Emergency lights flashing

Get the number of dead and wounded

Interview a grieving relative

Sadly,

No one seems to keep watching

Politicians wring their hands

Guns a sacred cow

Legislation blocked

Political payments made

Guns sales spike

Sadly

Nothing seems to change.

The dead are buried

Condolences sent

Candles lit

Vigils stood

Mothers cry

Sadly,

I’m sorry seems hollow.

Who will rise up?

Take a stand?

Row against the tide?

Shout enough is enough?

Demand change?

Sadly

No one seems to step forward.

Breaking News – bullets flying!!

--Ken Ferguson--

 Artista di Parole

When an idea strikes!!!

Happy Birthday to Paul McCartney who turned 74 yesterday.

I've become a bigger tipper since Josh started to work as a bartender.  The IRS takes taxes out of his check for $80 as expected tips for a day shift and $125 for an evening shift, whether he makes that much in tips or not.  So tip your food servers and bartenders generously. 

Chrissy Snow - "Three's Company"

Aquarius ~ Left Brain The Aquarius person has a scientific approach to life and experiences. They prefer research to call upon and the notion of logic and poised judgment. The Aquarius however spends much time operating from the right brain, considering their inspiring creative activity, far ranging ideas, and eccentric, expressive personality